Home Learning

Dear students,The school is closed today so you will be doing work for EAL at home. How long should I work each day?Try to spend 30 minutes to an hour on some of these tasks. Post at least one task a day on your blog. What if I have a question?I will be online between 9am and 2pm. Make sure you email me (marcellehouterman@ispp.edu.kh) with questions. How do I show my work?Post your work (a recording, a picture or a written post) on your own blog. Make sure you ALWAYS do the last activity! Have fun!

Retell this story in your own words.Discuss and then tell or write about what you enjoyed most about this book.Explain the reasons given in the story for crocodiles having a blue-gray body; big, sharp claws; and pointed teeth.Tell how the three bad crocodiles sharpened their pointed teeth.Tell or write how Guji Guji tricked the three bad crocodiles when they waited underneath the bridge for the ducks to practice diving?Read Guji Guji aloud to someone or record yourself. Post the recording on your blog.Write a report about “ducks”. Use this example.Write a report about “crocodiles”. Use this example.

List the things Nicholas could do as a cat that he couldn’t do as a boy. Post this on your blog.Recall from the story the events and make a list of all the messes that Nicholas, as a cat, caused to happen. Now, think about a time in your life when you created a mess. Tell or write about this experience.

Make an illustration of your mess. Take a picture and post it on your blog.

Tell and then write about what you would have done if you had been the baby bat separated from your mother.

Look very carefully at the front cover of the book Stellaluna. Does this illustration match with what you think and know about bats? Discuss this with someone and record this discussion. Post it on your blog.

Look very carefully at the back cover of the book Stellaluna. What type of animal do you think this is and why?

Make a word web about bats. If you have never done this it’s easy to do. Take a sheet of paper and draw a circle about 2 inches in diameter in the center of the paper. Write the word “bats” in the circle. Now, draw 6 or 7 lines out from the edge of the circle so that they coming out all around the circle. On each line write something you know about bats. You can also use www.mindmup.com.

Read other EAL children's blogs. Say something nice about a task they have completed and what you learned from it, or how it inspired you. Post a question.

Always do this task: Write on your blog what you did for EAL today. Reflect with one of these sentences: